Animal Cruelty at the Government-run Abattoir, Marsa

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world’s largest animal rights group called on the PN Government to close the national abattoir “until problems are rectified”, while demanding inspections by independent animal welfare organizations.

PETA, a US-based animal-welfare group, represents more than 1.6 million memsbers worldwide and has affiliates in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, India and Hong Kong.

PETA is demanding that the national abattoir be opened to inspections by independent animal welfare organizations and that the results of such audits be made public.

The animal-welfare group’s Vice-President Bruce Friedrich said: “The government has not only stood by and allowed thousands of pigs to suffer and die in terror, but it has also tried to hide this ugly secret.” The largest animal rights group has also blasted the PN Government for trying to hide this “ugly secret.”

 

Download material:
- Government Farm Report (2006) here (21 MB)
- Abattoir Welfare Assessment Report (2006) here (56 MB)